Extensible phonograph-horn support.



PATENTED MAY 8, 1906 I J. K. .ZIEGENHORN. EXTENSIBLE PHONOGRAPH HORN SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1905.

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A T .2 ORNEY ANDREW. M. GRAHAM 0a,, PNDIU-LITMOGRAPNEHS. wAsm-Numn, u c.

PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.'

J. K. ZIEGENHORN. EXTENSIBLE PHONOGRAPH HORN SUPPORT.

APPLICATION IILED MAYll, 1905.

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DV ITNESSES A T TORNEY ANDREW. a. GRAHAM 00., wowumncmwnins. WASNINGTON, a c

mini) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EXTENSIBLE PHONOGRAPH-HORN SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 19b6.

Application filed May 11,1905. Serial No. 260,009.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHANN KARL ZIEGEN- HORN, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Extensible Phonograph-Horn Supports, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in extensible phonograph-horn supports, and refers more particularly to phonographic-rec- 0rd cabinets in which the top upon which the phonograph may be supported is provided with an extensible skeleton shelf or sliding support having a vertically-swinging member adapted to receive and support the free or heavy end of the horn or megaphone.

The primary object, therefore, of my invention is to provide a phonograph-cabinet with an extensible shelf having a verticallyswinging folding member which may be thrown from ahorizontal to a vertical position in the act of drawing the shelf outwardly for receiving and supporting phonograph-h0rns of different lengths and to enable the swinging arm and extensible shelf to be folded and moved beneath the cabinet-top, and thereby concealed when not needed or when the horn is not in use.

Other objects relating to the specific looking means and to the means for operating the swinging horn-holding member will be brought out in the following description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 1s a top plan of a' phonograph-cabinet embodying the features of my invention, a portion of the top being broken away to disclose the underlying extensible shelf and folded swinging member, which latter parts are shown in full lines in the normal or concealed position and as extended by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section taken on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the parts seen in Figs. 1' and 2, showing the shelf as extended and the swinging horn-holding member as elevated to its operative position for holding a horn, which is shown by dotted lines, the phonograph being indicated by dotted lines as supported upon the top of the cabinet. Figs. 4 and 5 are sectional views taken on lines 4 4, Fig. 1, and 5 5, Fig. 3.

In order to demonstrate the practicability of myinvention, I have shown the upper portion of a phonograph-cabinet or table-top 1 as provided with depending lateral ribs 2,

'having suitable ways, as grooves 3, on then inner faces for receiving and guiding a sliding skeleton frame 4, which in this instance is preferably rectangular in top plan and is also provided on its inner face with suitable ways, as ribs 5, for receiving and supporting a second sliding frame 6. The frame 4 is preferably of substantially the same as or slightly less length than the width of the table-top from front to rear and is located between the depending flanges or ribs 2 just below the table-top 1, so that when it is moved to its inoperative position it is entirely concealed beneath said top and within the flanges 2. In order to limit the sliding movement of the frame 4 when drawn out, I provide its opposite sides with suitable abutments 7 near its rear end, which when the frame is drawn forwardly engage similar abutments 8 on the front ends of the flanges 2, thereby allowing a limited outward movement of the frame 4 without liability of disengagement from its supporting-flanges 2. The inner sliding frame 6 is also located directly beneath the tabletop 1 in substantially the same horizontal plane as and within the frame 4 and has a similar limited sliding movement horizontally with reference to the table-top and frame 4 independently of the latter, said second sliding frame being limited in its movement in a manner hereinafter described and is pro vided with a finished front 9, having suitable hand-pulls 10, wherebyboth sliding frames may be drawn outwardly or extending from the position seen in Fig. 1 to the position seen in Fig. 3, the bar 9 serving to give a suitable draw-finish to this part of the cabinet and to conceal the extensible slides and their mechanisms, hereinafter described, when the device is folded or moved under the table-top.

A swinging horn-supporting frame 11 is pivoted near one end at 12 to the inner faces of the side pieces of the sliding frame 6 just at the rear of the front bar 9 and constitutes a lever having a short forwardly and downwardly extending arm 13 and a comparativelylong rearwardly-extending portion 14 when folded to its inoperative position, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2. This rearwardly-extending portion 14 is preferably constructed in the form of an open ring or loop having a trans verse archl 5 at its outer end and an oppositely-curved transverse arch 16 at its inner end, the former arch being provided with a suitable hook 17 for receiving a ring, as 17, with which the horn is usually provided,

frame 4, so that While the opposite arch 16 is adapted to receive and support the horn when the latter is unprovided with any other attaching means.

The means for swinging the long or main holding end of the lever 14 upwardly as the slide 6 is drawn outwardly consists of a rod 18, having its front end pivoted at 19 to the short arm of the lever 14 and its other end guided in a suitable Way or guide 20 and provided with a hook-shaped extremity 21, which when the sliding frame 5 is drawn outwardly a certain distance engages a stopshoulder 22 on the under side of the sliding when the sliding frame 6 is drawn outwardly from its normal position (seen in Fig. 1) the shoulder or hook 21 on the rear end of the rod 18 engages the shoulder 22, at which time the free end of the horn-holding lever 14 is drawn out from beneath the front edge of the table-top 1, and the continued movement or withrdawal of the sliding frame 6 causes the rod 18 to rock the lever 14 upon its fulcrum 12 until said lever is brought to the vertical position seen in Fig. 3. In this position the two sliding frames 4 and 6 are automatically locked together by means of a spring-catch 23, which is secured to a transverse bottom 24 on the rear end of the sliding frame 6 and engages a shoulder 25 on the transverse bar 26 at the front end of the sliding frame 4. This locking of the detent or catch 23 with the shoulder 25 also serves to hold the horn-holding lever 14 in its upright position, (seen in Fig. 3,) and therefore the frames 4 and 6 and lever 14 are locked by the same catch. When these two frames 4 and 6 and lever 14 are thus locked in their operative positions, it is evident that these elements may be moved or adjusted backward and forward along the ways 3 of the table-top until the lever 14 is brought to the desired position for engaging and supporting the horn, as A, shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. It is now clear that the frames 4 and 5, together with the horn-holding lever 14, constitute an extensible shelf or support which may be adjusted to receive horns of different lengths and when not in use may be folded and telescoped one within the other beneath and within the dimensions of the table-top, whereby said folding and sliding parts are entirely concealed from view. This extensible shelf is especially adapted to be used in connection with a flat table-top, as 1, for supporting a phonograph, as B, and although the table-top 1 is designed for use with a phonographic-record case I have omitted the main body of the case from the drawings in order to more clearly differentiate my invention and for the reason that I do not wish to limit myself to any particular style of cabinet nor to any special construction of table-top.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An extensible phon ograph-horn support comprising an inclosure, afolding horn-holder and sup ort therefor slidable into and out of said inc osure and normally concealed therein, means brought into actionby the outward movement of the sliding support for automatically unfolding the horn-holder, and means for locking said horn-holder in its unfolded position.

2. The combination with an inclosure having a top adapted to support a phonograph, of a frame slidable into and out of said inclosure and normally concealed beneath said top, a vertically-swinging horn-holder mounted on the frame, and means actuated by the frame for automatically swinging the hornholder to and from a horizontal position as said frame is moved into and out of said inclosure.

3. A table-top adapted to support a phonograph, in combination with a slidable extensible frame mounted on the under side of the table-top and composed of two frames sliding one upon the other, and a hornholding member hinged to one of the sliding frames and movable from a horizontal to a vertical position. i

4. In combination with a table-top adapted to support a phonograph, an extensible sliding shelf mounted on the under side of the table-top, a folding horn-holding member hinged to said shelf and movable to and from a .vertical position, and means for holding said member in its vertical position.

5. In combination with a table-top adapted to support a phonograph, said table-top being provided With suitable ways, a sliding frame guided on said ways, a second sliding frame guided on the first-named frame, a swinging horn-holding member on the second frame and means to swing said member to its operative position as one of the sliding frames is drawn outwardly.

6. In combination with a table-top adapted to support a phonograph, said table-top being provided on its under side with parallel ways, a slidable frame mounted on said ways, a second slidable frame mounted upon the first-named frame, a swinging horn-holding member mounted upon the second frame, means for swinging said member to a vertical position as the second frame is drawn outwardly, and additional means for locking the frames and swinging member in their operative positions.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of May, 1905.

JOHANN KARL ZIEGENHORN.

Witnesses:

M. M. NoTT, HOWARD P. DENIsoN.

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